Abstract

We demonstrate frequency-controlled angular steering of light-induced solitary waveguides using dual frequency nematic liquid crystals. Specially designed comb-shaped electrodes allow the maximization of the in-plane electro-optic angular deviation of the soliton Poynting vector, modulating the resulting walk-off up to an overall deflection of when the frequency of the applied voltage goes from 1 to 100 kHz.

Received 05 July 2012Accepted 07 August 2012Published online 23 August 2012

Acknowledgments:

O.B. and M.K. acknowledge the financial support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under the KTS scheme and thank Professor M. Damzen and Midaz Lasers Ltd. for their contribution. A.A. would like to thank “Regione Lazio” for financial support.